| Oliver Goldsmith - 1849 - 524 páginas
...members, by name, with their vices. " It is you," continued he, " that have forced me upon this. 11. I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than put me upon this work." Then pointing to the mace, " Take away," cried he, " that bauble."... | |
| Oliver Cromwell, Thomas Carlyle - 1850 - 472 páginas
...Parliament is dissolved ! " ' It's you that ' have forced me to this,' " exclaims my Lord General : " ' I ' have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather ' slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.'" 'At ' their going out, some say the Lord General... | |
| J. T. Headley - 1850 - 284 páginas
...dissolution of Parliament effected, than Cromwell was heard to say, " It's you who have forced me to this. I have sought the Lord, night and day, that he would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work." But it was done ; and when the first gust of passion... | |
| J. T. Headley - 1850 - 320 páginas
...dissolution of Parliament effected, than Cromwell was heard to say, " It's you who have forced me to this. I have sought the Lord, night and day, that he would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work." But it was done ; and when the first gust of passion... | |
| 1851 - 508 páginas
...the Parliament in 1653 — "I tell you, you are no longer a Parliament: the Lord has done with you. I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay rue than put .me upon this work." Equally inconsistent is his insinuation against Charles I. as... | |
| Samuel Prout Newcombe - 1851 - 416 páginas
...' Thou art a glutton,' &c. ' It is you (continued he to the members) that have forced me upon this. I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than put me on this work.' Then pointing to the 203 WEDNESDAY. PLEASANT PAGES. mace, 'Take... | |
| François Guizot - 1854 - 426 páginas
...soldiers, " What shall we do with this bauble ? here, take it away." He frequently repeated : " It is you that have forced me to this, for I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work." Alderman Allen told him, " That it was not yet gone... | |
| Guizot (M., François) - 1854 - 518 páginas
...soldiers, " What shall we do with this bauble ? here, take it away." He frequent^ repeated ; " It is you that have forced me to this, for I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work." Alderman Allen told him, " That it was not yet gone... | |
| Elizabeth Cartwright Penrose - 1854 - 602 páginas
...has chosen other instruments for carrying on his work .... It is you that have forced me upon this. I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than put me upon this work." He stayed till the hall was empty ; then ordering the doors to... | |
| Charles Knight - 1858 - 556 páginas
...the members of the House, who were in number between eighty and a hundred, and said to them, ' It's you that have forced me to this, for I have sought the Lord night and day, that Ь; would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.' Hereupon Alderman Allen, a member... | |
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